Dallas Mavericks Blog

Sherrington: Dear Deron, plenty of reasons to come back to Big D

Here is a sample of columnist Kevin Sherrington’s story – recruiting pitch – to free-agent point guard Deron Williams.

Recruiting letter: Dear Deron, every so often, I recruit a little for the locals, although I can’t say my track record is too good. Last time I wrote an open letter, it was to get Roger Clemens to come here. Failed bit. Of course, I didn’t consider a subpoena. Anyway, D-Will, or Mr. Williams, whatever you prefer, here’s hoping you’d still like to play for the Mavs.

You CAN go home again: The problem with going home, even if you sort of like the idea, is that it’s the Prodigal Son story in reverse. Every Tom, Dick or Mary you passed in a hallway back at The Colony expects you to hook them up with tickets and loans and such. Brutal. No one needs that. Here’s what I can do: We’ll run stories saying all games are sold out. Not a ticket to be had. If that doesn’t stop the freeloaders, we’ll run their pictures on Page 2 of Metro, in our Regional Roundup Hall of Fame.

Winning? In Brooklyn? Really? Ask Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov what kinds of bodies he plans to put around you. Granted, the Mavs are mostly a bunch of empty lockers at the moment, but they’ve still got Dirk. Pretty nice place to start. Especially if, as you say, your biggest concern is winning now. The Nets? They haven’t won anything since Jason Kidd was their point guard.

A big surprise still to come? Mark Cuban can be very creative, as the SEC will tell you. I wouldn’t bet against him trading for Dwight Howard at some point next season. I know everyone thinks Howard wants to play in Brooklyn, but Dallas is on his short list.